Plural of alcahest; multiple supposed universal solvents or the concept applied in different contexts.
Regular English plural of alcahest formed with -s, referring to the multiple attempts or variations of the alchemical universal solvent.
The plural 'alcahests' shows how alchemists kept reimagining and reformulating their search for perfection, each thinking they'd cracked the code to universal dissolution.
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